Tom: Most likely true unless one throws the microphone away forever. Learned CW in my early 30s and after getting my advanced I became a phone operator for next 30 years. Came back to CW in my 60s and

Searched for that info but couldn't seem to find it. Thanks Steve ! I recall when I passed Extra without code as at that time I had 13 wpm with the General/Advanced. Recall at the time that some were

Unless they gave me credit for 13 wpm when I was an Advanced in 1979. Hmmmm.... Jerry n9avy

Ron: We all screw up at some point and that is why we're called "Amateurs". If we never screwed up we'd be "Professionsals" and much would be expected of us . If/wen you screw up just hope no one saw

The ARRL Band Plan is only a collection of suggestions and is not carved in stone. Has nothing to do with FCC. It was an attempt to make some order out of chaos. Notch filters work well as do filters.

Rick: Actually it's been more like 20 years of no-code. Took my Extra in 2000 and the code had been dropped ... not sure what month it was. There are still people out there trying to learn or upgrade

Add me as a bonus station. 'll be mostly on 20/40m, but if other bands are open I'll be there, too. Jerry N9AVY

Sometimes the closer in states are more difficult. Need grids in MI, WI, MN, IA, AR & MO. Then again sometimes it's all about being in the right place at the right time.... Jerry n9avy

Scotty: It wopuld be great to finish grids in Warshington (remember KB7ARN ?) ! Let me know if and when ... TIA ! Jerry N9AVY

Rick: Finished up Maine last year, but WI, AR, MO and WA al need just one to finish up (EN65, EM33 and CN98 !). Leaves me with a couple states where 2 or 3 are needed, but the lousy conditions and the

Dave: You play autoharp - cool ! Have a cousin who used to play autoharp (maybe still does). Remember her trying to find picks for it... she even tried a toasted cheese sandwich, Will watch for you wh

Good video, but all that math stuff gave me a headache, hi ! Have avoided math since taking Extra in 2000. Think the FCC should send out Engineers to do all these calculations, . Wonder how many of th

Saw briefly but disappeared... Jerry N9AVY

NTS (New Toy Syndrome) no cure available ! Jerry n9avy

Got the piece of SPAM as well. Kinda looks like someone raided our mailing list. Kind of pricey at $199 and they have to special make a cable for radio. Think I'll stick with Signalink USB. Jerry N9AV

I hear different voices in my head ... " Buy more radios ... ". jerry

On Tuesday, April 27, 2021, 04:13:26 PM CDT, Ron Bosch <boschfamily@...> wrote: If you are hearing a weird computer voice, it may be DX from certain countries that require a voice ID tail. Other

Why am I hearing a phone signal here ??? Curious. Did the allocations change ??? Jerry n9avy

Sometimes 40m is open and no one realizes it. Had that happen years ago on 160m and worked a guy in Iowa around noonish. Jerry n9avy

Rick: Funny you should mention smoke detectors. Worked with smoke detectors for 40+ years and they can be quirky. Most of the home units are ionization type (little radioactive sticker is indicative).